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And when the Lamb opened the first seal,
I saw the first horse. The horseman held a bow.

Now when the lamb opened the second seal,
I saw the second horse. The horseman held a sword.

And when the lamb opened the third seal,
I saw the third horse. The horseman had a balance.

Now when the lamb opened the fourth seal,
I saw the fourth horse. The horseman was the pest.
(Aphrodites Child)

This piece was inspired by the Album Aphrodites Child 666 (the Apocalypse of John, 13/18)

Some may recognize the 4 horsemen from an earlier work from me  A better place  yes the same horseman, but this was the original concept (before the band asked me if they could have the horsemen for their cover)  I also started this piece in oils, but I fear it will take some time till I finish it, cause currently I dont paint much with traditional media .
Anyway hope you like it  as always thanks for looking

I really enjoyed this piece!! A mastery made even better with the first posting below the print, that explains the scene. I would give a great price for a print of this magnitude, if I had such to give to such a talented artist! Beautiful!

Aphrodite's Child was a Greek rock band formed in 1968 by vocalist Demis Roussos, multi-instrumentalist Vangelis Papathanassiou and drummer Lucas Sideras.
666 was Vangelis' concept, created with an outside lyricist, Costas Ferris. The music that Vangelis was creating for 666 was much more psychedelic and progressive rock oriented than anything the band had done before. This did not sit well with the other band members, who wished to continue in the pop direction that had brought them success.
In essence, the band broke up during the completion of 666. Vangelis finished the album primarily on his own with assistance from studio musicians.
666 was the only Aphrodite's Child album to make any impact in America. The blood-red cover with the letters 666 prominently displayed in black and white was striking, and brought immediate accusations of occultism from various quarters. Any suspicions of occultism could be dispersed by simply reading the lyrics, which were fairly faithfully based around the Book of Revelations, but the accusations undoubtedly helped sell the album in the United States. The album met with less controversy overseas and sold reasonably well on its own merits.

Thanks guest  glad you like it  thanks also for showing me the points I have to care about more in future  much appreciated!!!
Well, Im not completely sure what you mean about the skies, but if I do skies I sure try to make them eye-catching, and as I mostly have a clear concept when I do an image things dont just happen when I paint so yes, most things I do I do on purpose Well, but having always a clear concept doesnt mean it works nor it is a good concept, its just the one I have  haha 
Oh, and as an artist is not only limited by his imagination, hes limited by his skills as well  I mean my imagination is huge, my skills are another story  lol  (I work on the second thing promise )
Thanks for taking your time

Your artwork never seizes to amaze me Uwe. The amount of detail you put in your artwork is absolutely stunning. However I have managed to pick out a few distortions in your figures; they're not very noticable but to an artists eyes they are. I would also like to say that I've noticed a trend in most of your pieces that have images in the skies, or the skies attract attention... Do you actually do this on purpose? Or is it just an artist balance? Thanks for your time.

in special I like the texture in this piece, it has a somewhat "rough and massive" feeling to it- I first thought you went back to oil paintings, hopefully you´ll finish the oil one sometimes-I would love to look at both then.
I remember the horsemen- and I must say I like both versions but this a little bit more- might be because of the subjekt- I really like this part of the book (and I recentely watched "constantine" *g*)

I also look forward for your tutorial or even your process pictures- as a beginner and fan I´m sure I can learn alot from you - dont let me die stupid

Hi Marley  so Im looking forward to do such a little tut 
Another thing I would love to know since a long time  How the Hell do you guys pronounce my name  I bet it sounds funny in English )
And about Todd, well thats a long story  but to make it short  I have a good (online) friend from another community  and she knows him personally and has contact to him  so I just asked here not too long ago, if she could be so kind and introduce me to him someday (I never would have dared me to write him myself)  what shall I say, five minutes later I got an e-mail from Todd (as I remember right I did a happy rain dance as I got the mail). Never thought things like that could happen  but the Internet made it possible, isnt it wonderful!
Meanwhile I meet a lot of my idols personal at conventions or on the Internet, one wouldnt believe how kind and helpful those Big ones are!

Hey thanks Marley  glad you like this piece.
Well about the process  I am not sure if I am good enough that anyone would be interested in a tutorial  but I can take some screens of one of my upcoming pieces and create a little step by step tutorial, and post it on my website  so you (and everyone else who is interested) could see how I do a piece from the very first rough sketch to the finished work.
About the slightly different look in my pieces now  well I just try to learn, with every piece a little more, and I had some great advice lately from some of the epi folks and not at least I had the chance to e-mail back and forth with Mr. Todd Lockwood who give me some great advice and opened my eyes (man, he did a redline over one of my works and improved it in 5 minutes a thousand percent!!!)  and if I know now one thing, than that I know nothing about art  I have to learn sooooo much, and it is so much fun to do so!
Thanks so much for your comment my friend, as soon as I have that tutorial done Ill let you know .

Thanks Matthew  this one, the more religious, was original idea of this piece  and as said this also exists half finished as an oil painting  so when the band came to me discussing the cover art for their album, they saw the oil piece standing in my workroom and asked if they could have those horsemen included in the cover art. And as it is just a free work, I said yes (this way the half cover was finished before I really started  lol -)
Glad you like this one too

Hi Christopher, thanks for your very kind and touching words. And yes I LOVE ART  I love to create art and I love to see art. And know, if I am really able to inspire someone  be sure you all are very, very inspiring to me  it is just wonderful to browse through the epi galleries, so much to see, so much inspiration, so much talent  what a wonderful place  I whish I would have found this place earlier.
So I have to bow my head in front of you all, which are so kind and so helpful  thanks!